Carriage-bow iron



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CARRIAGE BOW IRON.

Patented Feb. 28,- 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH B. PLATT, on CLEVELAND, OHIO.

CARRIAGE-BOW IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,367, dated February 28, 1882.

Application filed January 10,1882.

To all whom it may concern 1 Be it known that I, JOSEPH B. PLATT, of Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Carriage-Bow Irons, of which the following is a specification.

The nature and objects of this invention will fully appear from the subjoined description, when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the bow-iron complete, having a small portion of the covering broken away at central part to show the filling. Fig. 2 is a detached view of the slatiron with the rods attached. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section, showing method of attaching the rods to the socket for wooden bow at top. Fig. 4 is the wooden filling, having a part of central portion broken away to show steel central strengthener. Fig. 5 is a detached view of the socket for wooden bow.

A is a slat-iron or the piece forming the joint or hinge of a carriage-bow.

B B are two steel rods welded to the said slat-iron.

O is a metal socket for holding the end of the bow, and is secured to the top ends of the rods B B.

D is a wooden filling, having grooves in its edges in which'the-said rods lie when completed.

E is a fiat piece of steel or iron, which is placed in a slot cut in the wood and lies between the two rods. This piece of steel is put into the rear bow-irons only, for the purpose of strengthening it where it strikes the prop when the carriage-top is let down or thrown back.

F is the leather covering fitted over all.

In constructing this device I first make a forged slat-iron, A, and then secure two steel rods, B B, to it by welding. I next make a filling of hard wood, D, having grooves 41 at out in its two narrowest sides or edges. I next make a metal socket, 0, having a recess or mortise in the lower end to receive the top end of the wooden filling D, and also having (No model.)

a partition, 0, pierced with two holes to receive the ends of the rods B B. The upper portion of the socket is made in open-frame manner, into which the ends of the wooden bows are fitted and secured. The outside leather covering, F, is made before it. is put on, and can therefore be sewed or stitched with a. sewing-machine, thereby greatly facilitating this part of the work of covering carriage-bow irons.

To put the parts thus constructed together, I proceed as follows: The covering F is slipped onto the filling D, and then the socket O is placed into the covering at the top and pushed down onto the wood D, then rods B Bare pushed up in and through the grooves d I from the small or lower end, with their upper ends slightly protruding through the two holes in the partition 0 of the socket 0. They are then headed or riveted down, as seen in Fig. 3. This firmly binds all the parts together.

The bow-iron which is to be used at the rear side of the carriage-top I strengthen by making a thin slot through the Wooden filling and insert a thin piece of steel or iron, E, when first putting the parts together.

Having described my invention, I claim-- 1. In combination with the slat-iron A, the rods B B, substantially as described.

2. In combination with the slat-iron A and the rods B B,the metal socket O, substantially as described. I

3. In combination with the slat-iron A, rods B B, and metal socket U, the wooden filling D, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with the slat-iron A,

rods B B, metal socket (J, and wooden filling D, of the metal strengthening E, sub tantially as described.

5. The combination, with the slat-iron A, rods B B, metal socket O, and wooden filling D, of the leather covering F, substantially as described.

JOSEPH B. PLA'lT.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. TIBBIT'rs, M. G. Noa'rolv. 

